Millis OTR journal

I got there yesterday at around 11 and it reminded me of Richfield it was so crowded. There were a half dozen new trucks there too, that didn't help.

 

It was way worse than that this morning. The entire bobtail row was full, all the spots up in front of the building was full, and there was a row of probably 10 or 12 of them lined up along the grass.

 

I'm on my way to Richfield to drop the load I have. Wasn't going to get there until 9 pm and figured it would be a jammed up mess so decided to stop short and head there in the morning.

Last time a couple weeks ago I got there around 8 pm and only 1 regular spot left with some creative ones already made. It was just light enough out I decided to back into the one open spot. If it was dark I would have made my own and not gone into that one. Spaces there pretty tight and the place is very poorly lit. By morning it was messed up even further.

 

Yesterday Richfield had dozens of open spots guess everyone is in Trenton.

 

The problem with Richfield hasn't been with too many drivers there, it's too many OOS trailers. But I guess they've been working on getting rid of all those old MB trailers.

 

I'm starting to think that I need a new dispatcher. I can't even get a fkn pre-plan while I'm sitting at the final.

 

Ugh... I was going through the area as this was happening...

Three workers fatally stabbed at Knoxville truck stop, suspect shot and killed

 

@JOHNQPUBLIC finally got rid of that trailer with the gaping hole in it. LMAO. I’m glad you saw that.
Yep JohnQPublic and I met in St Cloud couple days ago. We were shooting the bull and he stops mid sentence and said #### what a hole. Me? My trailer? #### sure was and I never saw it. Picked it up at Trenton so I’m guessing a yard dog hit backing in that tight arse place.

 

I thought I heard something about police when I went into the Pilot at Pembroke OH to get my scale ticket but didn't hear anything about that. I've been starting early lately to get to deliveries on time and haven't seen any shady characters yet, and this is the kind of thing I've been worried about. Ugh indeed.

 

Bahahahahahahaha I drove on this today between AL-9 and I59 and I remembered this discussion. It was a nice drive, actually. Beautiful scenery and that hill coming down to "Joe's Truck Stop" was a piece of cake with only 13k in the box. 10/10, will do again.